SARATOGA SPRINGS >> There was not much new information on Darryl Mount Jr.’s case released by city police or public safety officials during a news conference they held Friday, but the newest pieces of the story emerged during the question and answer session involving Miranda Mount, Darryl Mount Jr.’s older sister, and the members of the media.

Mount was critically injured during a 3 a.m. foot chase with police over Labor Day weekend. Police said Mount, who was then a 21-year-old from Malta, was running from city officers after he shoved his girlfriend into a wall outside a Caroline Street bar. During the pursuit, police said Mount ran south on Broadway, down an alley, and onto a construction area with scaffolding behind Northshire books and Gaffney’s.

Mount was found unresponsive on the pavement below scaffolding and remained in a coma until he died as a result of those injuries May 13.

At the news conference in City Hall, Public Safety Commissioner Christian Matheisen and city Police Chief Greg Veitch released a statement and two still photographs from video taken of Mount on Caroline Street, before he allegedly assaulted his girlfiend and immediately following.

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Footage of the assault would not be relased, Matheisen said, to protect the victim.

During the question and answer period, Mount said the police were lying about what really happened.

According to Mount, an Albany medical professional that treated Mount’s injuries said they were not consistent with a fall. Chief Veitch said a medical examiner was never sent to examine his injuries because he wasn’t being charged with any crimes.

“Cases such as these ignite community passions. They divide neighbors from neighbors and foster distrust of the police. The best way to handle controversial incidents is to have a respected, well-funded and impartial Citizens’ Police Review Board that investigates with probity, discretion and unwavering devotion to the evidence,” Director Melanie Trimble wrote.

Mathiesen said he has never been presented with a good reason to create a police oversight committee, and Veitch said he has stood with his officers “100 percent” since the beginning.

Following the conference, Mount’s mother Patty Jackson, who did not attend, questioned why the police were dredging this up again.

She said the department’s inability to provide her with the truth and their refusal to allow for an outside investigation into the incident has prevented her from finding closure and said she hasn’t even been able to get the possessions her son had on him the night he was critically injured.

Last December the family filed paperwork preserving their ability to sue the city.

“Why are you doing this to me now?” Jackson asked. “Leave my son alone.”